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First perfect ten – Nadia Comaneci – Montreal 1976 Olympic Games

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Sports

Romanian athlete Nadia Comaneci took up the sport of gymnastics aged six, becoming one of the first students at a school founded by coach Béla Károlyi. In 1975, 13-year-old Comaneci won gold in every event at the European Championships except the floor exercise. A year later in Montreal, she became the first gymnast in Olympic […]